Music & Arts

The City of Galax Public Art Committee has announced plans to install the city’s first mosaic mural at the Grayson Street Stage.
The mural at the stage, located in the parking on the 100 block of West Grayson Street, will highlight plaques already existing that commemorate the Downtown Revitalization Project.
The mural will depict local flora and fauna, framed within a fence-like setting, according to a recent news release from Chestnut Creek School of the Arts (CCSA).

By ABBY BODNAR, Staff

Whether working or just enjoying the music, the Haynes family has attended HoustonFest since it started.

Today, the family gets to join their favorite bands and take the stage to perform at the music festival in Galax’s Felts Park. The event raises money for both the Galax Volunteer Fire Department and youth music scholarships, which makes the Haynes’ participation significant.

The Rex Theater will host the best of old-time and Irish music on Tuesday for a special concert and CD release.

Old-time musical traditions in the Blue Ridge Mountains have musical roots from many places in the world. Scots-Irish settlers to the area brought their music over a 150 years ago and influenced the sound of old-time music here today. This concert brings together two traditions of Irish and old-time music and two great bands: the Galax Bogtrotters and Irish musicians Randal Bays, Owen Bays and John Coyne.

Anyone looking for high-low culture (and a good dance number) this weekend in the Twin Counties need look no further than the Galax High School auditorium, where students will be recreating Civil Rights-era Baltimore in the hit musical “Hairspray,” based on the John Waters film of the same name.